In Brief
College Basketballer Poses to Lend an Ancient Roman Statue an Arm
Wyatt Walker, a six-foot-nine college athlete, will have his arm 3D-scanned and then attached to a Roman statue of Bacchus.
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Bauhaus Bus Embarks on World Tour to Explore a Global Legacy
Look both ways before crossing the street, this tiny-house celebrating the Bauhaus's centenary wants to take the Eurocentrism out of design.
Art
LA’s Nomadic and Quirky Cultural Spaces Park Themselves In One Spot
The inaugural Mobile Museum Fair will feature the Exotic Wildlife Museum, the Feminist Library on Wheels, and more.
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Early 2019 Events at MA Curatorial Practice, School of Visual Arts
Legendary choreographer Yvonne Rainer, immortality, experimental ethics, and New Internationalism are highlights of upcoming events.
Art
A Project Meticulously Lays Out the Realities of Modern-Day Slavery
With a scattered display of everyday objects and cryptic legal documents, Cameron Rowland illustrates a long history of systematic racism.
Art
Joséphine Baker's Life Reimagined at the Metropolitan Museum
Julia Bullock, soprano, plays the singer and activist Joséphine Baker in a chilling performance in the museum's Great Hall.
Art
An Artist Guards Detroit's Identity and Who Can Claim It
Tiff Massey’s hyper-territorialism regarding who can claim Detroit as their home comes into philosophical conflict with some of the culture blending she utilizes in a new body of fiber-based work.
Art
How Alphonse Mucha’s Smoking Designs Made Art Nouveau
His images of towering women and mind-bending vegetal forms, found many audiences through theater posters for Sarah Bernhardt and rolling papers.
Art
Illuminated Manuscripts Demonstrate that Medieval Borders Were Regularly Crossed
A new digitization project brings together 800 medieval manuscripts and offers a different image of the early middle ages: one of connection and exchange.
Art
Artists Take Over an Iconic Lloyd Wright House in Los Angeles
Passages, a two-day program of performance, film, and music, will explore the home’s architectural and cultural significance.
Film
Barry Jenkins’s Tender Adaptation of James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk
Jenkins brings a visual richness to the story, accentuating the emotional undertones of Baldwin’s words.
In Brief
This Wild Car Design May Look Like a Mars Rover, But Could Save Your Life
Hyundai's strange design experiment could represent the future of the first responders's industry trying to handle increasingly difficult natural disasters and humanitarian aid missions.